Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 29,585 | 29,828 | 242,100 | 11,463,841 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 19,472 | 19,472 | 30,471 | 1,115,047 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,997 | 4,997 | 32,540 | 1,112,337 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,749 | 2,752 | 36,892 | 1,488,792 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,005 | 2,030 | 73,201 | 3,572,860 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 251 | 288 | 37,783 | 2,042,672 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 111 | 289 | 31,213 | 2,132,133 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 28,546 | 8.4% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 257,229 | 62.1% | 33.2% | 15.6% |
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2007 | 29,471 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 258,832 | 61.3% | 31.7% | 14.4% |
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2006 | 29,431 | 8.5% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 257,300 | 60.7% | 30.4% | 12.8% |
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2005 | 29,585 | 8.0% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 242,100 | 58.7% | 28.5% | 12.9% |
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2004 | 29,156 | 8.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 256,193 | 61.0% | 31.4% | 15.1% |
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2003 | 28,443 | 7.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 233,583 | 58.9% | 28.8% | 12.3% |
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2002 | 27,717 | 8.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 243,151 | 60.8% | 31.2% | 16.2% |
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2001 | 27,682 | 8.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 243,523 | 60.0% | 29.3% | 14.6% |
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2000 | 28,292 | 8.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 254,421 | 60.1% | 28.6% | 14.7% |
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1999 | 28,160 | 8.3% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 240,414 | 58.5% | 27.5% | 14.3% |
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1998 | 28,291 | 7.9% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 225,820 | 56.6% | 25.4% | 12.6% |
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 23 | Construction | 29,585 | 8.0% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 242,100 | 58.7% | 28.5% | 12.9% |
| 236 | Construction of buildings | 9,553 | 6.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 60,975 | 49.9% | 21.8% | 8.0% |
| 237 | Heavy and civil engineering construction | 1,430 | 19.7% | 5.2% | 2.0% | 32,240 | 82.3% | 58.2% | 38.0% |
| 238 | Specialty trade contractors | 18,624 | 8.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 148,885 | 57.2% | 24.8% | 9.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 23 |